Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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The German writer Günter Grass
George Steiner on why the German novelist so deserved the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature
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Rose Tremain
The English novelist talks about her book Music and Silence
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Jim Crace interview
The English author talks about his novel Being Dead
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Thirty Cases of Major Zeman
How the decision to rerun a Soviet-era TV drama on Czech TV has been fiercely criticised
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Roddy Doyle – A Star Called Henry
A review of Roddy Doyle's latest fiction A Star Called Henry
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The rise of 'appointment' television – Ally McBeal
How Ally McBeal has become appointment TV
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Ruth Rendell – a Life in Crime
Profile of English crime novelist Ruth Rendell
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Eyes Wide Shut – in Venice
A review of the Toronto and Venice film festivals
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Winter in Lisbon by Antonio Molina
Review of an English translation of Winter in Lisbon by Antonio Molina
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John Adams, American composer
Interview with American composer John Adams who is about to conduct his latest work
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Indian Music Festival with political Overtones
The Festival of Classical and Folk Permformance in India has developed a political edge
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Goethe's literary Legacy
The life and work of great European writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Jorge Luis Borges – Latin American Literary Giant
Profile of Jorge Luis Borges, the great Latin American novelist and poet
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East European Literature – out from under Communism
East European writers discuss their experiences of censorship and writing under Communism
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South Koreans Cooking up a storm in Edinburgh
Highlights of the first week of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe
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Michael Frayn's hero – headlong towards his Fate
Michael Frayn talks about his new novel, Headlong
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Thulani Davis on Black Women Playwrights
Thulani Davis on how there are currently very few black women playwrights
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Iain Banks gets creepy and corporate
Iain Banks talks about his latest novel, The Business
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Heart-break in Willowsville with Joyce Carol Oates
What spell does John Reddy Heart cast over the girls and women of Willowsville?
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Leonardo's Horse completed after 500 Years
After 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci's proposal for a giant bronze horse becomes reality
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Rita Dove – Poet of her People
American Rita Dove talks about her work, including the poem On the Bus with Rosa Parks
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Hitchcock: A Love Affair with Cinema
Meet the master of suspense, British film director Alfred Hitchcock,
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Howard Arkley, painter of Australian Suburbia
The suburban visions of Australian painter Howard Arkley, who has died aged 48
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Swimming through Life like a Fish
Ruri Pilgrim's characters swim through life in her novel Fish of the Seto Inland Sea
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Verdi floats on success at Bregenz Festival
Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera takes place on a fantastical floating stage
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J. M. Coetzee's latest novel of post-Apartheid Life
How Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee addresses sex and politics in post-Apartheid South Africa
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Ernest Hemingway – Centenary
In the centenary year of his birth, the life and work of American writer Ernest Hemingway
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Eyes Wide Shut – Kidman and Cruise thrill for Kubrick
At last, what Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were up to in Stanley Kubrick's last film
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Barbara Taylor Bradford – More than Romance
Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford talks about her novel, A Sudden Change of Heart
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Her Phantom Husband is a Bestseller
Marie Darrieussecq talks about her second bestseller, My Phantom Husband,
